The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN) has about 5.000 members worldwide. SGN's headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main, where two Senckenberg institutes are located: The Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum and the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, BiK-F.

Research Stations in Gelnhausen, Messel and Weimar are also part of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum.

Further institutes are Senckenberg at the Sea Wilhelmshaven, the Senckenberg Entomological Institute Müncheberg, the Senckenberg Natural History Museum Görlitz and the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden.